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In a Year of 13 Moons

1978 film

17 November 1978 (1978-11-17)

Running time

124 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

In a Year of 13 Moons (German: In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden) is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Volker Spengler.^[1] The film was made in response to the suicide of Fassbinder's lover at the time, Armin Meier. In a "Top 10" list of his own films, Fassbinder placed In a Year of 13 Moons second, after Beware of a Holy Whore.^[2]

Cast

Volker Spengler as Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt
Ingrid Caven as Rote Zora
Gottfried John as Anton Saitz
Elisabeth Trissenaar as Irene Weishaupt
Eva Mattes as Marie-Ann Weishaupt
Günther Kaufmann as J. Smolik, chauffeur
Lilo Pempeit^{[n 1]} as Sister Gudrun (as Liselotte Pempeit)
Isolde Barth as Sybille
Karl Scheydt as Christoph Hacker
Walter Bockmayer as Soul-Frieda
Peter Kollek as alcoholic
Bob Dorsay as city tramp
Gerhard Zwerenz as Burghard Hauser, writer^[3]

Notes

^ Pempeit was Fassbinder's mother.

References

^ Canby, Vincent (2008). "New York Times: In a Year of 13 Moons". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
^ The Anarchy of the Imagination: Interviews, Essays, Notes. Johns Hopkins University Press. October 1992. ISBN 978-0801843693.
^ "Fassbinder Foundation: In a Year with 13 Moons". Fassbinder Foundation. Retrieved 31 December 2014.